Corpas tweaks hamstring, but injury not serious

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Troy E. Renck
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February 21, 2010 @ 12:26 pm
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TUCSON — The first sign that something was amiss was in the workout tent. Manuel Corpas was riding the elipitical instead of going station-to-station with his pitching group. Corpas, it turns out, has a slightly tweaked hamstring. It kept him out of pitchers fundamental practice, but is unlikely to keep him off the mound. I will monitor it. Hopefully, it’s nothing serious as I know from talking to Corpas he’s anxious to make a good first impression when the games begin.

The Rockies finished their workout today without any interruption. The rain stayed away. Couple of quick thoughts:
–Wow can Hector Gomez swing that bat. I can see why this kid has stuck around on the 40-man roster despite being plaqued by injuries. He goes old school, no batting gloves. He was working with hitting instructor Don Baylor on getting into a better load position. But man, he does he have a whippy swing. The ball just flees his bat.

–Todd Helton’s back is fine. He was regularly lining shots to all gaps and parked around five home runs beyond the right-field fence. Ian Stewart, who is working on a new swing with less movement in his stance, slammed nearly a dozen home runs.

–Clint Barmes has gone back to an open stance, a slightly less exaggerated version of what Garrett Atkins employed. Barmes felt like he was closing himself off was pitchers started pounding him inside. This should help him get to inside pitches more.